Bubble Tea in Ottawa: Four Stops for Milk Tea, Fruit Tea and Boba

An Ottawa bubble tea order can mean black milk tea with tapioca, a fruit tea with jelly, or a brown sugar milk drink. Start with the base and included toppings, then compare the size and final price. A plain milk tea and a drink already loaded with pearls are different orders.

These four stops offer a useful range of choices across Somerset Street, the ByWard Market, Elgin Street and St. Laurent Shopping Centre. Branches and menus were checked on October 22, 2026. The two price examples below come from the named branches' official online pickup menus, not delivery listings or a citywide price survey. Check the selected drink's current options and total before ordering.

Choose a bubble tea stop

Chatime Somerset — compare the tea base first

Chatime's Somerset branch is at 695 Somerset Street West. Its official pickup directory also lists separate ByWard Market and Baseline branches, so select Somerset when checking the examples here.

The branch menu distinguishes Pearl Milk Tea, made with a black tea base and tapioca pearls, from Grass Jelly Roasted Milk Tea. The latter uses roasted sencha green tea and grass jelly. Chatime Triple combines pearls, grass jelly and pudding, with a choice of signature or roasted milk tea. Those named toppings make the difference clearer than simply ordering “a milk tea.”

At the check date, the Pearl Milk Tea pickup listing was $5.80 regular or $6.60 large. Its item screen offered oat or coconut milk substitutions for $1.20 extra and additional pearls for $0.80. Pearls are already part of the named recipe; that optional topping adds more. The screen also provides sugar and ice choices for this drink. Check each recipe separately rather than assuming every specialty drink has identical controls.

Sources: official branch details, Somerset pickup menu, Pearl Milk Tea description, roasted milk tea description.

The Alley — brown sugar or a three-topping milk tea

The Alley's Ottawa shop is at 513 Sussex Drive. The Canadian menu's Brown Sugar Deerioca series includes Deerioca Fever and Deerioca Matcha, with fresh milk or soy milk indicated for those drinks.

For several textures in one order, The Alley Trio Milk Tea lists tapioca, pineapple jelly and rainbow jelly. The fruit tea choices are different again: Passionfruit Green Tea lists tapioca and pineapple jelly, while Strawberry Green Tea lists green tea jelly. Read the named inclusions before adding another topping.

The March 2026 Canadian menu marks hot or iced drinks, fixed ice and fixed sweetness. Some recipes therefore have fewer adjustments than a basic tea. It lists drinks and sizes without base prices, so check the Ottawa shop's current prices and availability.

Sources: official Ottawa location, Canadian menu, March 2026 PDF.

Meow Tea — fruit tea, sago and cheese cream on Elgin

Meow Tea is at 279 Elgin Street. The operator describes a cat-themed tea shop and lists milk tea, fresh fruit tea, fresh honey tea, sago, cheese cream and taro pearl selections, alongside coffee and bakery items.

Its branch ordering menu corroborates choices such as Mango Green Tea, Brown Sugar Boba Milk and Fresh Taro Green Milk Tea with Taro Pearl. These are useful starting points for comparing a fruit tea, a brown sugar milk drink and a taro option without treating them as interchangeable recipes.

Choose Meow Tea when the topping or drink family is the main decision. Ask which additions are included in your particular order. The operator's published selection does not establish the same customization rules or extra charges for every drink, so this guide does not attach a single topping tariff to the whole menu.

Sources: official address and drink selections, Elgin branch ordering menu. The latter is used for menu corroboration, not in-store prices.

Presotea St. Laurent — named tea bases and fruit slushes

Presotea's St. Laurent branch is inside St. Laurent Shopping Centre, 1200 St. Laurent Boulevard. The operator-linked pickup portal identifies this branch separately from Bayshore, Barrhaven and Orléans.

Its menu lists Assam, Ceylon, jasmine, roasted oolong and Royal Earl Grey milk teas, alongside fruit teas and slushes. Panda Milk Tea and Passion Fruit Green Tea with Tapioca & Lychee Jelly appear as named combinations. Choose by the base and included additions rather than assuming “fruit tea” means a tea-free drink.

The Panda Milk Tea online pickup screen listed $8.49 for regular, with a $1 large upgrade on the check date. It offered normal, less, half, lite, no and extra sugar choices, plus ice adjustments; extra black tapioca was listed at $1. These are this drink's displayed pickup options, not a promise about every branch or recipe. The shop does not give a directly comparable cup volume in that screen, so these examples do not establish which shop offers better value.

Sources: shopping centre's tenant listing, operator-linked St. Laurent pickup menu, Presotea's official ordering link.

Build the order around what you want

For a first comparison, try a named pearl milk tea; for a different topping mix, look at grass jelly, sago or a combination already described on the menu. Check the selected size, included toppings, milk substitution and add-on charges together. A listed plant milk option does not confirm the ingredients of the foam or other additions, so confirm the complete recipe with the shop if that affects your choice.

For espresso and roasters, see our Ottawa cafe guide. For something to eat with the drink, compare our dessert guide. Planning an evening coffee outing instead? Our late-night cafes guide separates the venues by weekday closing time.